Angela Brett
@angelastic.com
macOS/iOS/sometimes web dev, mathematician, linguist, poet, former Cernoise, JoCo Cruiser, two-time fancy pants champion, three-time international mover (not shaker)
https://angelastic.com
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I’ve known these existed for ages, but didn’t see the point of having a stand for my Apple Watch charger until recently, when my charger fell off the narrow end table one too many times. It looks so cute! I think the watch band in the colours of the original Apple logo (but wrong order) adds to it.
October 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I’ve known these existed for ages, but didn’t see the point of having a stand for my Apple Watch charger until recently, when my charger fell off the narrow end table one too many times. It looks so cute! I think the watch band in the colours of the original Apple logo (but wrong order) adds to it.
Thanks, iOS 26, for screening this call from a weirdo. 😂
(It was actually someone I’d just talked to from a recruiting firm whose name sounds a little like weirdo, I guess)
(It was actually someone I’d just talked to from a recruiting firm whose name sounds a little like weirdo, I guess)
October 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Thanks, iOS 26, for screening this call from a weirdo. 😂
(It was actually someone I’d just talked to from a recruiting firm whose name sounds a little like weirdo, I guess)
(It was actually someone I’d just talked to from a recruiting firm whose name sounds a little like weirdo, I guess)
The new macOS/iOS version of Seddit is out! In this version, if you have voices in multiple languages selected, it will detect the language of the first post or comment by each user and give them a voice that speaks that language. So they’ll be pronounced correctly. apps.apple.com/us/app/seddi...
October 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The new macOS/iOS version of Seddit is out! In this version, if you have voices in multiple languages selected, it will detect the language of the first post or comment by each user and give them a voice that speaks that language. So they’ll be pronounced correctly. apps.apple.com/us/app/seddi...
Yesterday we went to an event with Mary Roach for the second time this year. Her new book, Replaceable You, is about replacing various body parts. At the signing table afterwards, she was giving out little packets of tissues, saying, “I’m a tissue donor”. 😆
October 2, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Yesterday we went to an event with Mary Roach for the second time this year. Her new book, Replaceable You, is about replacing various body parts. At the signing table afterwards, she was giving out little packets of tissues, saying, “I’m a tissue donor”. 😆
They’re coming to take me away, ha-haa! 🎶
September 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
They’re coming to take me away, ha-haa! 🎶
We saw James Dempsey live last night (my third time since moving to the US — that’s a perk I didn’t expect! Before then I only saw him at WWDC 2004) and tonight Joey (who has never even done Apple development) was rocking out to his album while cooking dinner. 😃
August 23, 2025 at 3:22 AM
We saw James Dempsey live last night (my third time since moving to the US — that’s a perk I didn’t expect! Before then I only saw him at WWDC 2004) and tonight Joey (who has never even done Apple development) was rocking out to his album while cooking dinner. 😃
Well that was quick! The new iOS version is still in review, but a new macOS version of Seddit, 1.1, is available now, with new sounds settings, a setting to not read out URLs, and a ‘random from previous subreddits’ setting for automatically loading more posts. apps.apple.com/us/app/seddi...
August 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Well that was quick! The new iOS version is still in review, but a new macOS version of Seddit, 1.1, is available now, with new sounds settings, a setting to not read out URLs, and a ‘random from previous subreddits’ setting for automatically loading more posts. apps.apple.com/us/app/seddi...
Just released a new version of my iOS/macOS app Lifetiler, with pinch-to-zoom and improved large text and VoiceOver support. 😊 apps.apple.com/us/app/lifet...
August 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Just released a new version of my iOS/macOS app Lifetiler, with pinch-to-zoom and improved large text and VoiceOver support. 😊 apps.apple.com/us/app/lifet...
Yesterday I went to Chihuly Garden and Glass, where I saw a demo of how to enable tinted mode in liquid glass.
July 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Yesterday I went to Chihuly Garden and Glass, where I saw a demo of how to enable tinted mode in liquid glass.
Anyway I was at Microsoft again today and was happy to see they at least have a Swift room.
July 19, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Anyway I was at Microsoft again today and was happy to see they at least have a Swift room.
Just noticed that the App Store Connect app can make cute little promotional animations. apps.apple.com/us/app/lifet...
July 3, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Just noticed that the App Store Connect app can make cute little promotional animations. apps.apple.com/us/app/lifet...
Oh gosh, I have seen this in race dropdowns all over the place, but this particular site also has (United States of America) after only the Nonbinary gender option. Only Americans can be nonbinary? This should be on genders.wtf
June 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Oh gosh, I have seen this in race dropdowns all over the place, but this particular site also has (United States of America) after only the Nonbinary gender option. Only Americans can be nonbinary? This should be on genders.wtf
Does anyone know why the race dropdowns on many job application sites say (United States of America) after each race? I get that sometimes such terms mean different things in different countries, but I can't even decline to answer without also identifying as (United States of America).
June 11, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Does anyone know why the race dropdowns on many job application sites say (United States of America) after each race? I get that sometimes such terms mean different things in different countries, but I can't even decline to answer without also identifying as (United States of America).
May the fourth be with you!
May 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
May the fourth be with you!
Just hanging out at Deep Dish Swift watching James Dempsey and the Breakpoints rehearse. 😍
April 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Just hanging out at Deep Dish Swift watching James Dempsey and the Breakpoints rehearse. 😍
Look who I met at Deep Dish Swift!
April 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Look who I met at Deep Dish Swift!
I had been looking for tiny bookshelves or some way to store my smaller books (mostly pocket dictionaries) when I realised a clear plastic CD rack could do the job. I can see everything even if I put tinier books in the space behind the small books. Here it is from both sides (banana for scale).
January 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I had been looking for tiny bookshelves or some way to store my smaller books (mostly pocket dictionaries) when I realised a clear plastic CD rack could do the job. I can see everything even if I put tinier books in the space behind the small books. Here it is from both sides (banana for scale).
I continue to unpack my boxes and randomly decorate with what I find.
By the way, did you know that it’s a lot of fun to throw empty moving boxes down stairs?
By the way, did you know that it’s a lot of fun to throw empty moving boxes down stairs?
January 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I continue to unpack my boxes and randomly decorate with what I find.
By the way, did you know that it’s a lot of fun to throw empty moving boxes down stairs?
By the way, did you know that it’s a lot of fun to throw empty moving boxes down stairs?
Mine is realistic, at least.
January 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Mine is realistic, at least.
Now with added moustache
December 30, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Now with added moustache
A friend suggested a scarf, so I added a few that I’d unpacked but hadn’t found a home for yet.
December 18, 2024 at 12:13 AM
A friend suggested a scarf, so I added a few that I’d unpacked but hadn’t found a home for yet.
While I was in Austria I bought something edible in the shape of a Christmas tree each year (starting with a tree-shaped chocolate hanging over a pile of moving boxes.) Now I live with Joey, who has a proper fake tree. As I unpack my boxes I’m decorating it with the things I find.
December 17, 2024 at 9:40 PM
While I was in Austria I bought something edible in the shape of a Christmas tree each year (starting with a tree-shaped chocolate hanging over a pile of moving boxes.) Now I live with Joey, who has a proper fake tree. As I unpack my boxes I’m decorating it with the things I find.
Don’t you hate it when your plastic containers don’t quite match your lids?
(I just unpacked my ‘kitchen’ box, which was mostly mugs but had a few other bits and pieces I didn’t manage to give away before moving)
(I just unpacked my ‘kitchen’ box, which was mostly mugs but had a few other bits and pieces I didn’t manage to give away before moving)
December 8, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Don’t you hate it when your plastic containers don’t quite match your lids?
(I just unpacked my ‘kitchen’ box, which was mostly mugs but had a few other bits and pieces I didn’t manage to give away before moving)
(I just unpacked my ‘kitchen’ box, which was mostly mugs but had a few other bits and pieces I didn’t manage to give away before moving)
It’s here! Now I get to open 37 boxes of presents from myself!
November 30, 2024 at 12:50 AM
It’s here! Now I get to open 37 boxes of presents from myself!